baseball vs volley

baseball

noun
  • The ball used to play the sport of baseball. 

  • A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance. 

  • A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins. 

volley

noun
  • A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground. 

  • A burst or emission of many things at once. 

  • The flight of a ball just before it bounces. 

  • The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired. 

  • A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket. 

verb
  • To make a volley 

  • To sound together 

  • To fire a volley of shots 

  • To hit the ball before it touches the ground 

  • To be fired in a volley 

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